For All Their Lives (©1991)

by Fern Michaels

This is the author's personal favorite...
      - He watched her...with clinical interest. And he wondered why he felt so removed. The object of Mac Carlin's intense scrutiny was Alice, the woman he'd been married to for eight years. He felt like a Peeping Tom, watching her...Her lips were a glossy, deep pink that matched the polish on her exceptionally long nails. He wasn't sure, but he thought the nails were artificial. He wasn't sure about the glossy pink lips either. It had been a while since he'd kissed his wife or even looked at her close up...